Cloud Evolution
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- Europe
Country
- Finland
Product
- Cloud Duty
- Cloud Guard
- Cloud Care
- Cloud Control
- Nordcloud Insight
Tech Stack
- Azure Cloud Solutions
- Datadog
- ServiceNow
- Splunk
- Chef
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries
- Software
- Professional Service
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Business Operation
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- Cybersecurity Services
- Data Science Services
About The Customer
Nordcloud is a cloud native company with a strong Nordic character, offering bespoke managed cloud services that help companies evolve using technology. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Nordcloud does business in eight European countries and for the past four years have been recognized as Finland’s fastest growing technology company. A one-stop shop for everything Azure Cloud Solutions Provider (CSP) related, Nordcloud enables customers to go full speed as they approach the onramp to the public cloud. As Nordcloud has expanded its reach throughout Europe, they have relied on local market specialists to best serve their customers.
The Challenge
As Nordcloud expanded its reach throughout Europe, they faced the challenge of developing their next generation cloud services. They recognized that some needs weren’t easily or efficiently tackled in-house. Nordcloud sought Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) with a natural alignment to fill specific gaps in their offerings. They needed a partner to help extend their cloud solutions services, particularly in the area of monitoring. Monitoring a cloud solution is the final stage of a managed service environment and is key to reducing costs and SLA failures. Nordcloud needed to address situations where clients have multitenant environments or need more visibility than open source tools or legacy network monitoring tools could provide.
The Solution
Nordcloud partnered with Datadog, a leader in the cloud monitoring market, to extend their cloud solutions services. Datadog monitors infrastructure from full stack OS to middleware up to the application layer. They were selected as a partner in great part due to their incident management capabilities. Nordcloud integrates data from Splunk, ServiceNow, Chef, Ansible, Puppet, Jira, Nagios, and Slack, with Datadog, to see the full picture. By partnering with Datadog and integrating other solutions, Nordcloud focuses on their well-established expertise in overall public cloud management and consulting services. Once a client’s needs are defined, Nordcloud leverages proprietary tools and ISV solutions to create a seamless turnkey customer experience.
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